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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    It is pretty exposed but I dont ride it in the dirt or in the rain. I got a real dirtbike for that :)
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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    finished and on the road
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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    Everything got stripped down for powercoat and I started assembly and wiring. I ditched the battery and ran the bike straight off the stator. Although originally a 6v bike it was pretty easy to swap everything over to 12v using a 12v regulator. This bike is totally stripped down and only runs...
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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    Exhaust fab. 1.25 into 1.75 with a cone engineering muffler. This thing is loud!
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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    I swapped out the factory shocks for some progressive suspension units and lowered the front fork about 4". The back end got a rebuild and powdercoated wheel and hub along with SS spokes and a fat rear tire.
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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    Next up was the cut off the ugly factory subframe and build up a new hoop. After that I made some supports that would hold the seat pan, and built a pan that would cover the goofy tank mount. Im not much of a seat guy so I had a local shop build one off of my pan.
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    81 Honda XL500 Scrambler

    Been a long time coming, but I finally got around to getting all my pictures together and making a little build thread for this bike. I acquired this bike several years ago with plans to build it into a scrambler/street tracker at the very beginning of it being "cool" to do so. Unfortunately...
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    Pjdaves DRZ 400 scrambler

    thanks dave!
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    Pjdaves DRZ 400 scrambler

    What kind of muffler is that?
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    Honda XR650L "El Conquistador"

    Awesome! What size innertube did you use in the rear tire and where did you source it? Excited for more!
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